Physical layer engineering for indoor wireless systems in the twenty-first century

2010 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 72-78

  Neve, Michael J ^a   Sowerby, Kevin W ^a   Williamson, Allan G ^a   Rowe, G B ^a   Batchelor, J C ^b   Parker, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CODE OF PRACTICE; CRITICAL ISSUES; ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDOOR WIRELESS SYSTEMS; KEY ISSUES; PHYSICAL LAYERS; SERVICE PROVIDER; SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS; WIRELESS INDUSTRY; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

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EID: 78651434015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LAPC.2010.5666798     Document Type: Conference Paper

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